COMMUNITY EVENTS

PICNIC: The Indiana Garden Club will hold its annual picnic and Julia Pound Scholarship Award ceremony at 6 p.m. Monday at the Eagles Nest pavilion behind S&T Bank Arena, White Township. Bring a covered dish. The club will provide the main entree. Bring a perennial or two for the perennial exchange and a friend.

MEETING: The Indiana County Fox and Coon Hunters Association will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the clubhouse located on Ramsey Run Road, White Township.

PEACH FESTIVAL: Purchase Line United Methodist Church will hold a peach festival from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at the church, 17107 Route 286 East, Commodore. There will be a variety of peach desserts and drinks. Donations will be accepted. All proceeds benefit the church’s fuel fund. For more information, call (724) 254-1350.

REUNION: The 35th reunion of the Penns Manor Area High School Class of 1978 will be held at 5 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Indiana VFW, White Township. The reunion begins with a social hour with a buffet-style dinner to follow. Dancing will be held after dinner. The cost is $25 per person. The reunion committee is still seeking contact information for the following classmates: Cindy Hinton, Julie Kammerdiener, Jeffrey Myers, Allen Rodgers, Fredrick Shultz, Cindy Twigg, John Wyne or any other classmates who didn’t receive invitations by mail. For more information, contact Cindy Misko at (724) 840-8372 or clmisko@aol.com.

LUNCHEON: The Marion Center High School Class of 1954 luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, White Township.

REUNION: The Ambrose School reunion will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, White Township.

FESTIVAL: The annual Blacklick Community United Methodist Church festival will be held at 5 p.m. Aug. 24 in the pavilion at the church, 1453 Bracken Road, Vintondale. There will be chicken, hot sausage, hamburgers, hot dogs, potato/macaroni salad, baked beans, side dishes, desserts and beverages. A choice of one meat, sides, dessert and beverage is $5 for adults and $2.50 for those 12 and younger. There will be games and the gospel music group Chalice will perform at 6 p.m. For more information, call (814) 446-5456.

REUNION: A reunion of the William and Annie Peddicord Campbell family will be held Saturday at the Pine Ridge Park Pavilion 2, near Blairsville. A covered-dish dinner will begin at noon. There will be access to a playground and games for the children, an adult-only auction, and prizes for those traveling the farthest and the youngest male and female babies. Bring a lawn chair and instruments. The park is off Route 22 at the bottom of Penn View on Old Farm Road.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Racer Bobby Dale Earnhardt apologized to fans, friends and family on Tuesday following his arrest in West Virginia on a drunken driving charge.

“I wanted to let you all know I made a terrible mistake last night drinking and driving and I am thankful nothing bad happened from my stupidity and I know It could have,” Earnhardt wrote in a post on his Facebook pag